Azri Amram
Biographic Data
| ID | 950170 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Azri Amram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Azri |
| FAMILY NAME | Amram |
| SIGNATURE | AMRAM A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Palestinian home-restaurant in Israel - negotiating food culture
This article examines Palestinian home-based restaurants in Israel as ambivalent culinary spaces where hospitality is shaped by cultural and political tensions. Drawing on multi-year ethnographic research, it traces how Palestinian citizen restaurateurs—positioned as ethnic and national minorities—negotiate the competing demands of cultural expression and accommodation when hosting Jewish Israeli diners. These encounters unfold through food, déco…
Racial justice in Food Studies
The Palestinian-Israeli market
This article explores the relations between Israel's Mizrahi Jews (Middle East and North African countries' descendants) and Palestinian citizens as manifested in the popular open-air market of Kafr Qasim, a Palestinian town in central Israel. The town's market is a unique space where Jews and Palestinians work, shop, and hang out side by side. This article argues that visitors, vendors, and market owners perceive the market as a space offering a…
Fifty shades of kosher
In this paper, I argue that the negotiation over kashrut in Palestinian food businesses in Israel reflects Palestinian citizens’ attitudes toward Israel and Israeli Jews. I illustrate my argument by demonstrating practices in which Palestinian food business owners adjust or merely present their foods according to the Israeli-Jewish dietary laws, tastes, and culture. I also offer an interpretation of the meanings they attribute to serving dishes w…
Fifty shades of kosher
In this paper, I argue that the negotiation over kashrut in Palestinian food businesses in Israel reflects Palestinian citizens’ attitudes toward Israel and Israeli Jews. I illustrate my argument by demonstrating practices in which Palestinian food business owners adjust or merely present their foods according to the Israeli-Jewish dietary laws, tastes, and culture. I also offer an interpretation of the meanings they attribute to serving dishes w…
Fifty shades of kosher
In this paper, I argue that the negotiation over kashrut in Palestinian food businesses in Israel reflects Palestinian citizens’ attitudes toward Israel and Israeli Jews. I illustrate my argument by demonstrating practices in which Palestinian food business owners adjust or merely present their foods according to the Israeli-Jewish dietary laws, tastes, and culture. I also offer an interpretation of the meanings they attribute to serving dishes w…
The Palestinian-Israeli market
This article explores the relations between Israel's Mizrahi Jews (Middle East and North African countries' descendants) and Palestinian citizens as manifested in the popular open-air market of Kafr Qasim, a Palestinian town in central Israel. The town's market is a unique space where Jews and Palestinians work, shop, and hang out side by side. This article argues that visitors, vendors, and market owners perceive the market as a space offering a…
Racial justice in Food Studies
The Palestinian home-restaurant in Israel - negotiating food culture
This article examines Palestinian home-based restaurants in Israel as ambivalent culinary spaces where hospitality is shaped by cultural and political tensions. Drawing on multi-year ethnographic research, it traces how Palestinian citizen restaurateurs—positioned as ethnic and national minorities—negotiate the competing demands of cultural expression and accommodation when hosting Jewish Israeli diners. These encounters unfold through food, déco…
Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (3 works) · Culinary Culture and Tourism (2 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Organic Food and Agriculture (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agency (philosophy (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work)